User talk:Sushama Prabha

June 2021: Ayurveda
Hi Sushama Prabha, You recently added the following to Talk:Ayurveda:


 * "This article seems to be written by an illiterate. By illiterate, I mean someone who hasn't studied the science or have no idea about it. So better remove it."

Both your comment and my response have since been deleted, so I have copied my response here for you to consider.


 * "According to a dictionary, 'illiterate' means unable to read or write. Since the grammar and spelling in the article are generally OK, I suspect that you should be using some other word."


 * "Please read the first paragraph of the section in which you placed your comment. You need to provide solid reasons, with references to reliable sources, before your suggestion can be considered seriously."

I reproduce the relevant paragraph here for your convenience:
 * "Due to disruption of this page, if you have come here to object to the use of the words "quackery" or "pseudoscience" in this article, your comment will be removed without reply if it does not give a policy-based reason why these terms are incorrect."

You may find it helpful to read the rest of Talk:Ayurveda, and have a look at some of the archived discussions as well.

I will watch this page, so I am happy to continue the discussion if you feel so inclined. Murray Langton (talk) 17:01, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes, I meant illiterate because do you know to read and write sanskrit, the original language in which Ayurveda is explained? Also, I guess you have not experienced the treatment or its benefits to be calling it a pseudoscience in the first place. It is a full fledged branch of medicine for which students spend 5 & 1/2 years of UG programme plus 3 years of PG and more. If by calling Ayurveda a pseudoscience, you think actual science is Allopathic medicine? You can't even compare here because that would be like comparing India to America because one is developed and the other is developing. Allopathic medicine keeps changing, Ayurveda does not. It is more authentic and scientific. Even the father of Surgery is Susrutha Aacharya who had written books in Ayurveda. If surgery is adopted from Ayurveda to Allopathy, is it because it was unscientific? You are disrespecting a whole country's asset by calling it pseudoscience.

[I have taken the liberty of moving your response so that the discussion appears in sequence.]

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 * As a side issue, which is not worth discussing further, you have now given two different definitions of 'illiterate'.


 * I presume your main objection is the statement that Ayurveda is pseudo-scientific.

Have you looked at the rest of Talk:Ayurveda, and have you looked at some of the archived discussions as well? These contain a lot of discussion on this point, so there is little point in more discussion here until you have done so. Murray Langton (talk) 19:34, 14 June 2021 (UTC)